Unit 3 - Chronic Inflammation & Hypersensitivity Flashcards
Why is a persistence of antigens important in chronic inflammation?
antigens constantly call in more macrophages
When do you get an abscess?
acute inflammation fails to eliminate the stimulus
What causes the liquefaction seen with abscesses?
due to neutrophil enzymes
What is the role of fibroblasts in the formation of an abscess?
produce collagen and form a thin CT around the exudate
What is the name of the enzyme that liquefacts neutrophils?
myeloperoxidase
What is inside the pyogenic membrane?
vessels to allow continual recruitment of neutrophils
the inner wall of an abscess that is made up of granulation tissue:
pyogenic membrane
A track made by the body to drain pus:
fistulas
Why don’t bird liquefy purulent material?
don’t have the enzymes to support it
Granulomatous means:
MACROPHAGES
What is the gross appearance of granulomatous inflammation?
Diffuse: tissue appears thickened
Nodules: firm, various sizes
Microscopically, granulomatous inflammation should have:
- LOTS of macrophages
- accompanied by lymphocytes, CT, plasma cells
More secretory and less phagocytic than typical macrophages:
epithelioid macrophages
Large, multinucleated cells that arise from the fusion of macrophages:
giant cells
Which cell looks like a fried egg?
plasma cell
When macrophages are in aggregates, they are referred to as:
granulomas
What is the characteristic look of classic granulomas?
- central core of caseous necrosis
- zone of epithelioid macrophages and giant cells
- zone of lymphocytes
- outer zone of fibroblasts and fibrosis
Th2 –>
diffuse granulomatous inflammation
Th1 –>
nodular granulomas
Johne’s is caused by:
Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
John’s is characterized by:
no well defined nodules
Grossly, lymphocytic inflammation is:
difficult to determine
Microscopically, lymphocytic inflammation should have:
lymphocytes (that can be mixed with plasma cells)
If extensive infiltrates are present in lymphocytic inflammation, it may affect the tissue by:
giving it a white/tan color
When do lymphocytes enter unresolved areas of acute inflammation?
24-48 hours
Plasma cells secrete:
antibody
Dense infiltrate of eosinophils with macrophages, varying numbers of lymphocytes, and plasma cells:
eosinophilic granulomas
Eosinophils are recruited into and stimulated to proliferate by:
IL-5, eotaxin
Green coloration to a mass often indicates:
eosinophils
Contribute to the structural integrity of tissue:
fibroblasts
synthesis of collagen and extracellular matrix proteins:
fibroblasts